The Cambridge History of Australia offers a comprehensive view of Australian history. Volume 1 examines Australia's indigenous and colonial history. Volume 2 traces developments from the Federation through to the present day. Both volumes feature detailed maps, chronologies and further reading and incorporate the work of more than sixty leading historians.
The Cambridge History of Australia offers a comprehensive view of Australian history from its pre-European origins to the present day. Over two volumes, this major work of reference tells the nation's social, political and cultural story. Volume 1 examines Australia's indigenous and colonial history through to the Federation of the colonies in 1901. Volume 2 opens with the birth of the twentieth century, tracing developments in the nation through to the present day. Each volume is divided into two parts. The first part offers a chronological treatment of the period, while the second examines the period in light of key themes, such as law, religion, the economy and the environment. Both volumes feature detailed maps, chronologies and lists of further reading. This is a lively and systematic account of Australia's history, incorporating the work of more than sixty leading historians. It is the ideal work of reference for students, scholars and general readers.
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A comprehensive view of Australian history which incorporates the work of more than sixty leading historians.
Volume
1. Indigenous and Colonial Australia. Part I:
1. The last 50,000
years: an archaeological view Peter Veth and Susan O'Connor;
2. Newcomers,
c.16001800 Shino Konishi and Maria Nugent;
3. Convict transportation in
global context, c.170088 Emma Christopher and Hamish Maxwell-Stewart;
4. The
early colonial presence, 17881822 Grace Karskens;
5. Expansion, 182050 Lisa
Ford and David Andrew Roberts;
6. The advent of self-government, 1840s1890
Ann Curthoys and Jessie Mitchell;
7. The gold rushes of the 1850s David
Goodman;
8. Colonial states and civil society, 186090 Stuart Macintyre and
Sean Scalmer;
9. Rethinking the 1890s Melissa Bellanta;
10. Making the
Federal Commonwealth, 18901901 Helen Irving; Part II:
11. Population and
health Janet McCalman and Rebecca Kippen;
12. Environmental transformations
Andrea Gaynor;
13. The economy Lionel Frost;
14. Indigenous and settler
relations Tracey Banivanua Mar and Penelope Edmonds;
15. Education Julia
Horne and Geoffrey Sherington;
16. Law and regulation Mark Finnane;
17.
Religion Anne O'Brien;
18. Science and technology John Gascoigne and Sara
Maroske;
19. Gender and colonial society Penny Russell;
20. Art and
literature: a cosmopolitan culture Robert Dixon and Jeanette Hoorn;
21.
Empire: Australia and 'Greater Britain', 17881901 Deryck Schreuder;
22.
Colonial Australia and the Asia-Pacific region Marilyn Lake;
23. Australian
colonies in a maritime world Cindy McCreery and Kirsten McKenzie. Volume
2.
The Commonwealth of Australia. Part I:
1. Nation building, 190114 John
Hirst;
2. The Great War and its aftermath, 191422 Stephen Garton and Peter
Stanley;
3. Search for a solution, 192339 Frank Bongiorno;
4. World War 2
and post-war reconstruction, 193949 Kate Darian-Smith;
5. The Menzies era,
195066 Judith Brett;
6. Instability, 196682 Paul Strangio;
7. Growth
resumed, 19832000 James Walter;
8. The new millennium Murray Goot; Part II:
9. Religion Graeme Davison;
10. Culture and media David Carter and Bridget
Griffen-Foley;
11. Science and medicine Alison Bashford and Peter Hobbins;
12. Society and welfare Shurlee Swain;
13. Gender and sexuality Katie Holmes
and Sarah Pinto;
14. Indigenous Australia Anna Haebich and Steve Kinnane;
15.
Class Stuart Macintyre and Sean Scalmer;
16. The economy Simon Ville;
17.
Government, law and citizenship Nicholas Brown;
18. Education Alison
Mackinnon and Helen Proctor;
19. The environment Gregory Barton and Brett
Bennett;
20. Travel and connections Agnieszka Sobocinska and Richard White;
21. Security David Lowe;
22. Australia, Britain and the British Commonwealth
Carl Bridge;
23. Australia in the Asia-Pacific region Tomoko Akami and Tony
Milner;
24. The history anxiety Mark McKenna.
